JAM: Jets Aliens Missiles

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A shoot-em-up with killer visuals, multiple vehicles and weapons, upgrades, and giant bosses.
9/10 on App-Score.com!
The Aliens have invaded. Take to the skies and defend the colonies with the most advanced Jets at your fingertips. Battle against waves of enemies and their giant bosses. Upgrade your favourite weapon, or equip a different one for the next mission. Add on special modules to beef up your Jet. Get the highest score multiplier, challenge your friends, and beat others around the world.
Features:
◆ Slick hand-drawn art with 3D graphics, and sweet particle effects
◆ Simple controls with engaging old-school game play
◆ 5 stages and 3 difficulty settings
◆ Use the most advanced Jet fighter, the Merc-450, or take it to the next level with the HellCat, a helicopter that allows full movement anywhere.
◆ Lots of enemy types: tricky Warper, armored Barfer, weird alien-squid thing, and more
◆ Gigantic alien bosses like the fire-breathing Dragonus, or the fully armoured Dire, and many more
◆ Equip new weapons like the spray-and-pray Machine Gun, or armor-slicing Laser
◆ Add on extra modules such as the recharging Shields, or the devastating Shockwave bomb
◆ Customize the look of your Jet with tons of awesome paint jobs, like Camouflage and Tiger-Shark
◆ Game Center Leaderboads, Achievements, Challenges
◆ Universal app with full screen Retina, including the New iPad and full widescreen iPhone 5
Latest update features the new Helicopter vehicle with 3 new weapons
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Information

Seller:Crescent Moon Games

Genre:Arcade, Simulation

Release:Sep 19, 2012

Updated:Jul 17, 2013

Version:1.0.4

Size:105.1 MB

TouchArcade Rating:Unrated

User Rating: (3)

Your Rating:unrated

Compatibility:HD Universal

Description:
Features:
◆ Slick hand-drawn art with 3D graphics, and sweet particle effects
◆ Simple controls with engaging old-school game play
◆ 5 stages and 3 difficulty settings
◆ Lots of enemy types: tricky Warper, armored Barfer, weird alien-squid thing, and more
◆ Gigantic alien bosses like the fire-breathing Dragonus, or the fully armoured Dire, and many more
◆ Equip new weapons like the spray-and-pray Machine Gun, or armor-slicing Laser
◆ Add on extra modules such as the recharging Shields, or the devastating Shockwave bomb
◆ Customize the look of your Jet with tons of awesome paint jobs, like Camouflage and Tiger-Shark
◆ Game Center Leaderboads, Achievements, Challenges
◆ Universal app with full screen Retina, including the New iPad and full widescreen iPhone 5

Attempting to answer my own question based on Sanuku's video, it appears that you control vertical movement only by sliding (still not sure if it's a direct or relative control), and you fire by tapping enemies to target, possibly with other mechanics for other weapons. I definitely see this as something that I would have to play with my iPad laid down and not held in my hands. That's a bit of a turn off, but I'll still buy this since it looks pretty cool.